Car-door hanger.



P. M ELLIOTT.

GAR DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAB.. 6, 1908.

Pf M. ELLIOTT.

GAR DOOR HANGER.

APPLIOAMON FILED MAR. s, 190B.

924,648. u PaxentedJune 15,1909,

z SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED srATns PATENT OFFICE.

PEROY M. ELLIOTT, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGrNoR 'ro Qa n'. COMPANY, or CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, A-CORPORATION.

. Can-Doon HANGER Specification of Letters Patent. jfatented .Tune-15, T909.,

Appncamm .f nea' Ieren e, 190s. serial anteilig "z To all whom it may concern: A Be it known that I, 'PEROY M. ELLIOTT, a

' citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook andy State 4of Illino1s,have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Car-Door Han ers, of which do 'declare the following to e a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, 1o-

forming part of thisspeciication.

The present invention has for its lobject more particularly to provide Improved hanger mechanism for supporting the sliding doors of railway freight cars, "and the invention consists inthe features of novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingandrparticularly defined in the claims atv theend of this specification.

Figure 1 is a view in vvertical section through part of va railway freight car, through the upper part, of a sliding poor Vand through the. hanger mechanism for sustaining the door.v Fig. 2 lis a detail view in vertical section through the upper part of the door showing a modified form of roller bracket. Figi-Bis aviewsimilar to Fig. 1, but showing the invention applied to a metallic freight c ar.; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing'a modied form of the invention.

dy, its door, the track, etc.

Referring more v articularly to the structure illustrated-in igs. 1 and 5 of the drawing, 8 -designatesthe roof of the car beneath one of the eaves of which is.. shown a usual longitudinal plate 9 thatl extends from endto end of the car, and-beneaththis plate 9 and A'above the door-wayr of the car extends the header 'or` )amb 10. Above the doorway of the car and to the outer face of the late 9 is bolted a track support 11 by whic the track 12 is supported. Asshown, thetrack 12, which extends above and to a distance at one or both sides oilthejoorwa. is sus- 9. T e track support 1 1, extending as it does above and In close proximityl to .the top edge of the door, serves to-prevent.the.

turnedlanged portion 21, the flanged or-A tion 20 serving -to receive friction ro ers is a front elevation of .part of the car' wjournaling the supporting rollqs of the at ass 'throu h the track support 1IY and the p ate li -the roller bracket in place,

22, While" the upturned part`21 serves to insure. against the sli ping of 'the' roller from ythetrack.` Each'o therollers 22 is carried by a bracket that is .secured to theo'uter face ofthe door adjacent its upper end 'and 60 it will be understood, ofcourse, that any desired number (fi. e., two hr"more,) of these rollers and brackets Will be employed.l As shown in Fig. 1, the` roller 22 ismOunted upon a spindle 23 that bracket 24, thisbracket'y being formedwith a base portion A25 that is connected bysuitable vbolts 26 to the u perpartof the door 27. The roller is he iixf'plaee uponl the t at passes through thelspindle: 23 'and `the bracket'24, the inner end'of the bolt.- A28 being upset or rivetedl and a Washer 29 being preferably lint'ferp'nsed between the the spindle 23.

` From the foregoing construction-it will be projects Afrom the 6 5 spindle 23 by means' o-fiigetaining-bolt 28 70 -outer headed end of the boltgandrthe vend of 7 5 seen that the4 track 1.2 servesgnot onlylas an i. effective means of supporting the sliding door 27 but, inasmuch as it extends 'downward to 80,

a distance below the top ofthe door 27 and'.

incloses its supporting rollers, it serves-to effectually prevent the acoess.:ofrinow,' rain,.

dust and the like to n the bea of the track and to 4the-rollers. mhlfo oor u on lts Outer face and below -the'jto edgeof tlib door, I- am enabled tobring titi) factually protec the'l upper e of. the'. door, but'alsosat'iilhgspace andena ling'rthe door to be suppo' thnside of the car. preferred form'of'braeket for sustaining the roller 22. In this. form-.ofinvention the bracket 24 has cast-,integral therewith a reover by 85" eupper .edge ofthe door. in:zclose proximityvto .they track support 1 1`thereby:not onl' lmore efr90 -d 1n close proximity to Fig. .12 of the drawing isfiuusmadfthe as shank 24b that extends through ahole inthe door 27, and, the retainingolt 28"- asses ma thro h'the bracket, through itsspin e 23" f and t ro hits shank 24".- Upon theinner end of the olt 28 isset a washer- 35 against which bears a threaded nut; 36 vthat engages erefoi'e performsf the double function' of ai inner end @ffl- 05j "ln Figs. Band 4 of the drawingl I have The torni' of the invention illustrated in shewn my invention as applied' to fre-ight ears, the parts oi which are constructed of metal. .llcierring to the torin of the invention shown in 3, 4'Odesignates the inetal car'-iooflseneath wliicli extends the plate 41. ln this torni of the invention .the .tracl'42 li as liorin'ed integral therewith a part 44 which corresponds with and performs. the function i .olf a. track rail and froni this part 44 extends iipwardly ailai'iged portion45that is bolted,

For a metal car construction this iorniing or. the track 42 in- -j istat 43, tothe 4plate .41..l

the track 42, which constitutes the track tegrralwitlitlic overhang'ing track rail is pari .i euhirlyI advantageous. lnthis forni of the .invention the track 42 `consists of an angular plate. of' nietal extending at the top oi' the vdoorway. ofV thccar, heine suitably bolted as l at 43totheplate 4 1. The lower part ol the track 42 is formedv with an inwardly extending'w ilanjfe 46 and with an upwardly turned l {lanire 4.7, thepart 46 serving to receive. the

on rollers 22 (one only ol s aid'rollers lie ing shown) while tlieiilange 47 guards against f the disilaceiiie'nt olthe'se rollers.- Froin the outer laee of the metal door 50, vshown in.

Figs. 3 and 4, :indat a slight .distanre below the upper edge of the door are Journaled the rollers 22, and,'as shown in Figs. 3 aand 4, each oi these rollers will be mounted upon :i l spindle :3l projecting lironi the liraclzct 52 that hears against.tlie`outerliace of thedoor u 50. ,Each ol lthe brackets 52 has an inwjardly projectine,l lioss or stein 53 tliat passes through a hole fornied. in' the door 5() :id iiicent its upper edge. A headed through iolt extends through the bracket 52 and tho spindle .3l and the iioss or stein 53.

washer is preferably setl over the outer por i l l tion of. the liolt 5,5 to" retain the roller 22 in l engages the threaded endotthe holt 55 hearing against tliis'waslier to securely hold the parisiii position on the door.

"tion'ifipon the spindle 5l and a washer l x sets over .thc inner portieri of the 1holt 55 -tolretain the bracket. in place, a nut which cai' door. I

lfig. 4 rdil'ers troni that shown in Fig'. 3 in the single particular that the upper part 448L of support, has a downwardly depending flange 45u at its inner edge and,- through this flange 452* and, as well also, through the upper part of the track 42, are passed the retaining' liolts 43 that passv also through the plate 4l of the car. y

The advantages of iny present invention,

both as applied to wooden freight cars and as well also to lall inetalv cars, will lie readily' understood liy those lfamiliar with car constructions. vNot only are the upper edge of the door, the wearing face of the track' and the door supporting rollers etl'ectually protected fronithe weather, -liut the inner face of the car door is liroug'htinto nearer vproximity to the side wall of the ar and an exceedingly simple, compact and etlicient ineens-for sustainingthe car door is pro-.-

2. ln a ear door hanger, the combination with a car door, of a roller supporting liraclretv having an inwardly extending stein or boss and a liolt passingthrough said bracket and through said stein or boss and serving to-retain the bracket in place upon the door and the roller in place upon the bracket'.

i PERCY M. ELLIOTT.

litnesses:

Gino. P. Fisnnr., Jr., .lA'riiA RIN n G-ERLA on 

